Big Ring

More like Big Bang! This years Big Ring has topped the all time suffer meter with double the rocky single track and rough new cut trail! Matt, Chase, and I left Spooner around 9am to make the relatively short drive to Wausau. I saw a lot of familiar faces from way up north, the Seeley crew in particular. Things got started in usual WORS fashion with the field stretched single file through a dust storm, only no deer this year! After we exited the first section of single track and I knew I was in for trouble. It felt like someone was driving a rod up my spine, I think I stood three quarters of the race to stop the pain! At one point I had to stop and stretch. I was very disappointed with my performance and today only my back hurts. Matter and I were comparing blisters after the race, you could see the blood surging through our hands, and today I counted around a dozen blisters. Chase had a rough ride too. Around the third lap he cased his rear derailleur on a rock and bent his hanger, bummer because we were riding top ten together until that point. I know we weren’t the only one who had a rough race! Tj had to bag it early after snapping his xo in half! I heard the Kay brothers both got flats on lap one, and I saw many other mechanicals.

Chase and going through the only mud hole……Chase follow my line…..right!

On a more positive note there were some memorable remarks I would like to share!

“My dad was going to sail the ocean but he was concerned about pirates.” M. Muraski
“That felt like my first night in jail!” B. Matter

The world is your playground!

-Chad